Our Neko clan

Chapter 3

Chapter 3: A night of bonding.

It's the middle of the night, and although the kitten was exhausted when they returned in the Hikari-home, he can't relax enough to fall asleep. The events from his summer, and what had happened today are catching up on him leaving him emotional and willing to cry, he does not dare to cry because he fears his fellow kittens will hear him and mock him for it.

But a knock and then his door opens before he could call out the guest of his room to enter, Ryou pads inside the room and gently nudges the Kitten towards the wall, then he crawls in next to the boy and pulls him in the little spoon position. "I cried also the first few nights, and it was difficult by then because I lived in a dorm, and I had nobody who could comfort me, my previous roommate made fun out of me because my parents left me as soon as I was born probably over the fact, I'm a Neko I will never know.

Akeifa figured something wasn't right with me, and he came over, when he saw me crying, he went ballistic. He called Atem and that same evening I was all packed and I moved into the Yami-house with them until they found me a home I could share with Malik, he and I became friends, we talked allot together, but I needed someone who understood me. Akeifa became that person. But ever since Malik was claimed as Omega, he is lesser over here and more with Marik, sometimes I wonder why we even share this home. Because right now, he isn't here."

"Then why even move here if you lived comfortable with Akeifa?"

"Akeifa an Marik can be very rough, Pharaoh has a great deal of control over them, but sometimes even he snaps and then nothing is safe. I was terrified when that happened so decided was that I needed an apartment to stay at when needed. Malik may be psycho, but he is easy to handle when not daily around them. By the way, how do you wish I call you? I like it when you call me just Ryou we only use our Neko names when amongst strangers."

"Yugi is fine, I'm proud of my name." the kitten says with a smile. Pressing himself closer to the older cat.

"Very well Yugi." The older cat says and feels the younger cuddling closer towards him, he allows it.

"Why is it so hard Ryou? I'm a boy crying because I'm homesick for my grandpa."

"Having loved once makes it feel that way, but if you wish to be independent, than you need to learn to live on your own, it's hard I know, especially since you are two years younger than me and Malik. I grew up and got kicked out of the orphanage a few months ago because I was of age.

"Can you tell me Ryou? Your story I mean."

"Sure, I was born and left in the hospital, because nobody came to claim me, I was taken to the orphanage and grew up protected from any harm. It was there I met Akeifa. We became friends and mostly Akeifa was my guard, I got adopted into a family, I begged for them to also adopt him so we could stay together, but the family only wanted me.

They took me home and allowed me to come to myself for a few days, after that they started to treat me as their slave. I started to eat badly and got this constantly sickly look over me, but they did nothing about it.

As a rule, Child Protective Services would visit unannounced at first-year kids that were adopted and getting checked how the kid was doing. They saw how sickly I and how skinny I had become over the term of only three months. They asked about my condition and my foster parents told them I had cancer.

CPS did not believe them and asked for my medical records on the matter, they could not provide them for it, they took me apart and questioned me, I told them everything that had happened to me.

They believed me and took me away; my foster parents were arrested on child abuse. I needed to spend some time in the hospital to recover, after I was healthy again, they took me back to the orphanage where I learned Akeifa was adopted in a well-respected family.

I begged them to help me find him, but my guardians did not cave for my pleas. It was then I taught myself to trust my instincts on a much stronger level. Also, I started to study to prepare for my future.

In the end I managed to come over here and found Akeifa and met with Malik and Marik who scared me so bad I crapped my pants, after I was cleaned up Akeifa introduced me to Pharaoh, and he asked me if I wanted to be part of the clan."

"How long are you in the clan as a baby Ryou?" the younger asks and the white-haired boy smiles when the kitten calls him by his own name.

"A year... as said before, a few months before this summer and school ended, I turned 18 and since I had worries for my living conditions in the summer and the two weeks off during Christmas, I asked Atem to wait to give me my adult name until I was settled in a place of my own outside campus.

When Akeifa figured I was homeless during holidays, I could move in with him. When I learned Akeifa lived by microwave meals I decided to learn how to cook, and he looks a lot healthier now."

"And when did you become an Omega?"

"Shortly after I entered college."

"But if you are of age, then why not having your adult name yet?" the kit asks forgetting Ryou had already told him that part. But the elder simply smiled knowing the kitten is exhausted and probably will not register everything.

"Because I was too stressed about being homeless during holidays, I asked Atem if that could happen when I was settled, and when the new school year would start. Malik also asked to wait reason? unknown. Only Atem does and he agreed on that."

"But renting two apartments, those are big costs, right?"

"True, luckily Atem's father has gifted Akeifa and Marik their own apartment since they are of age, Atem probably will get his apartment later this year, from what I heard, King adopted Marik from a different orphanage and Akeifa not long after that but long before Malik and I came in the picture. And we all are here on full scholarship because we worked for it. We don't have to pay rent but need to buy our foods ourselves."

"I also am here on full scholarship, and my grandpa sends me an allowance to feed and take care of myself, he told me he would keep doing that until I have a job and earn enough to provide myself." kitten replies. "Do you have a job?"

"Yes, I work part time at the nurse's office since I want to become a doctor one day."

"Maybe I also want a parttime job. But I think it's wise to focus on me being a Neko first huh? Also since I transformed fairly late in age."

"That's true, you already are the youngest and the college classes are no joke, you need to be taught basically everything about being a Neko and to strengthen your ears seeing they were forced down even though it was a couple of months, that takes time. wait a year, if the most pressure is off and you feel secure in this new enviorement, then appley for a job."

"And what's Malik's story?"

"Nobody but probably only Marik knows, he showed up one day and kept to himself, he opened up to Marik and does not wish to talk about his past. And you need not worry about it, what you need to worry about now, is sleeping."

"I will." The kitten says and cuddles himself closer towards the elder enjoying the warmth the white-haired boy is radiating. The elder boy allows him, and they chat with each other like this until the older boy notices kitten finally has fallen asleep. Gently crawling out the bed, he tucks the younger in and then goes to his own room.

"Finally asleep?" he hears from behind him and spins around making him almost fall weren't it for his mate to catch him.

"Yeah, I could smell he was restless and needed a little chat to settle down." The Omega replays softly cuddling himself into his partner.

"I realized that when you weren't in bed, but please be careful, I don't want him to close to you."

"He won't. haven't you taken a closer look at Atem? He is heads over heels over Yugi." Ryou smirks. "The kitten needed a friend, and I became that friend. No matter if Atem told me to watch over him yes or no."

"Good, because you are mine."

"Then prove it to me, let's celebrate this day like only we can." The cat says seductively, taking off his clothes, changing and jumping outside to a secluded spot followed by a very horny cat looking much like him.